Posts from 2013

by Solomon Hsiang, Marshall Burke and Edward Miguel

As temperatures rise, tempers flare. Anyone who has experienced the hostility of a swelteringly hot summer day in the city can attest to that.
But researchers are now quantifying the causal relationship between extreme climate and human conflict. Whether their focus is on small-scale interpersonal aggression or… More

by Saru Jayaraman

Fifty years after the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the spirit of that moment and movement lives on in the fast-food workers who, since beginning in New York in November, have held rolling one-day strikes at big-name chains in different cities to call for better wages and conditions.
The restaurant i… More

It has been a wonderful experience and privilege hosting 40 representatives from the House Assembly of Delta, Nigeria for the Goldman School of Public Policy. The Global and Executive Programs developed a two week program, bringing in faculty members and practitioners to provide their insight in the areas of… More

Hotter weather and increasingly extreme rainfall patterns will exacerbate both interpersonal and group conflicts, finds a study by Professor Solomon Hsiang entitled, "Quantifying the Influence of Climate on Human Conflict." The study and accompanying article was published in the journal Science. More